Chapter 129 Competitor Appears
From Uncle Zeng’s nagging, Lin Shu finally figured out that Uncle Zeng’s daughter was dating someone, Aunt Zeng wanted a gift of two hundred, and the man’s family had a My amazing mother saw that the two young lovers had a good relationship and felt that even if the family didn't pay a bride price, they could still get a daughter-in-law for free.
One insists on asking for a gift of 200 yuan, and the other does not want to give it. Isn’t this a conflict?
At the dinner table at noon, Uncle Zeng suddenly asked Lin Shu: "Eldest niece, do you think the bride price is important?"
Lin Shu glanced at everyone at the table and smiled. How did she respond, "When we were dating, we had love and plenty of water, but after marriage, our life was mediocre. We only need money for everything we do."
With such a powerful mother-in-law, and the family conditions are not good, if the man cannot afford the job, this woman will be jumping into a pit of bitterness by marrying her, and she will only end up with a bellyful of bitterness in the future.
So money is very important!
“Both of them have jobs, so they will go hungry after marriage?” Uncle Zeng felt that he had a job that guaranteed income every month despite droughts and floods, and he was not afraid of not being able to afford food.
"Old Zeng, drink." Lin Dashan took over the conversation, not wanting his daughter to continue chatting with him, "You can discuss your family matters with your wife when you get back. My youngest is not alive yet. Understand, what do you know, you are making things difficult for her."< br>
Liu Xiao'e joked: "Yes, we really can't agree. There are so many young guys here. It's okay to ask your daughter to come and pick one. There are so many outstanding young men in the world, why do you have to be there?" Hanged from a crooked tree”
A group of young men who had been eating quietly were trembling with fright when they heard this. They didn't want to fight for love. They didn't do this immoral thing.
Liu Xiao'e saw their reaction of trying to avoid them, and laughed and scolded: "I'm not bragging, Lao Zeng's daughter is really beautiful and fragrant. She gave you an advantage in dating, but you still don't." I am willing, but I really have no vision.”
A group of young people lowered their heads after being told that they were not seeing the beauty and beauty of the country. What if it is really you who always brags about it here.
Liu Xiao'e's words also made Lao Zeng successfully shut up, and he never dared to mention his daughter again, for fear that she would ask him to choose a son-in-law from here.
After the meal, Gu Jiu drank tea and chatted with several brothers.
"Why did you guys think of coming to see me today?"
"Today is Sunday, my brothers didn't go anywhere so they came to see you." Xu Ming said with a smile.
Gu Jiu rolled his eyes at him, "If you are a brother, just say it directly and don't beat around the bush."
"Okay, okay." Xu Ming raised his hands and looked at Li Yuanchao, " It’s not that Yuan Chao has been depressed these days. Come to us on Sunday, and we will bring him to you.”
“What’s wrong with Yuan Chao?” Gu Jiu looked at Li Yuan Chao.
Li Yuanchao wiped his face and said with a wry smile: "It's not a matter of work. There is a public toilet built on the road I am responsible for. You know that the thing is dirty and smelly, but you want me to be responsible. The salary is not increased, but the work is increased. The work was hard, tiring and dirty, and I really wanted to quit.”
The most important thing he didn’t say was that his family helped him meet a girl, and she knew he worked in the sanitation department. It didn't take long before I found an excuse to leave. Isn't this obviously a disdain for him?
"What can you do if you are not interested?" Tang Jianjun took over the conversation, "At least you are a formal worker with a fixed salary of twenty or thirty yuan a month. You have to know how scarce jobs are in the city now. Others want one. Don’t be dissatisfied if you don’t have a job yet. At least you won’t starve to death if you have a job.”
People laugh at his job because he is so young and hangs out among women every day and has no future.
Actually, among the brothers, the one they envy the most is Gu Jiu. His family is in good condition. He can work if he wants to work, and if he doesn’t want to work, he can live a free and comfortable life every day. If it’s not possible, they will work for a few taels of silver every day. Bearing the humiliation and burden.
If Ding Zaichun and the others knew what he was thinking, they would definitely spit in his face. Formal work means humiliation and heavy burdens, so why not transfer the work to him and he pay for it.
Xu Ming turned to Gu Jiu and asked: "What do you think?"
Gu Jiu took a sip of tea and glanced at everyone, "Since this class is so frustrating, why not work Sell it and use the few hundred yuan to set up a stall. "
In this era, the policies have just been liberalized, and it is true that you can make money in anything, as long as you can endure hardships.
If nothing else, you can make money by setting up a stall outside the farmer's market and selling tofu, and the money you make is definitely higher than your salary at work.
"Set up a stall, what kind of stall are you setting up? Brother Ninth, are you serious?" Li Yuanchao was startled.
Although he hated going to work, he never thought of resigning.
"Don't your parents give all their jobs to you brothers? It's okay to stay at home. The simplest thing is to make tofu and sell it. The money you make every month is definitely higher than your salary at work. If it doesn't work anymore, from now on If you go to the countryside to buy agricultural products and sell them in the city, you can make a lot of money.”
The reminder has been given, it depends on whether they have the courage to burn the boat.
“If setting up a stall doesn’t make money, isn’t it all nothing?” Li Yuanchao was a little irritated. It takes courage to quit his job. His job is his foundation. Although he usually complained, it really made him hesitate to resign. .
Xu Ming noticed Gu Jiu's frown and patted Li Yuanchao on the shoulder, "Brother, since you can't bear to work, just hold it in."
Back home in the evening, Gu Jiu complained to Lin Shu: “I just discovered today that my brothers’ lives are too comfortable and they have no motivation. They say that going to work is boring, but this kind of job that they can see at the end makes them have no courage to give up.”
Lin Shu reminded him, "Everyone has his or her own ambitions. If you provide them with suggestions, they won't accept it or not."
Gu Jiu's eyes flashed, "Of course, how can I force them to do something they don't want to do?" . ”
Lin Shu nodded: “It’s good that you know, there are some things we can give advice on, and it’s up to them to make specific decisions. Even best friends shouldn’t interfere with some decisions.”
Gu Jiu promised firmly: "Well, I promise not to instigate them."
Afraid that he would still be obsessed with this matter, Gu Jiu quickly talked about other things, "Are we still going up the mountain tomorrow?"< br>
Lin Shu asked back: "You don't want to run in the mountains?"
Gu Jiu has a strong desire to survive, "I listen to my wife in everything."
The two just discussed it at night, and when they got up early the next morning, Lin Shu squatted in the bathroom and suffered from morning sickness, and the night passed. The food in the stomach had long been digested, and all that was vomited out was some acidic water.
Gu Jiu was so frightened that he quickly helped her lie back on the bed. He only ate some simple white porridge for breakfast and didn't want to eat anything else. Just thinking about it made him feel nauseous.
Not only was Lin Shu dumbfounded by this reaction, Gu Jiu was also distressed.
"What's going on? Why did you react so suddenly? Is it because you were tired from running in the mountains the day before yesterday?" Gu Jiu was anxious.
I even blamed myself for why she agreed to go up the mountain by mistake the day before yesterday. It must be because I didn't have a good rest in the past two days, so my body had such a big reaction.
Lin Shu looked at him funny: "Are you stupid? Morning sickness is a normal reaction of pregnancy. It's okay. Don't be nervous. Since you can't go up the mountain today, then go buy groceries for the old house. ”
"Are you okay at home alone?" Gu Jiu was still worried. In his opinion, Lin Shu looked a bit like a fragile doll now.
"It's okay, I want to sleep again, you can go about your business." Lin Shu comforted him.
Gu Jiu warned: "Then you can sleep peacefully and don't touch other things at home. I will do it when I come back." Lin Shu had to agree obediently.
When Gu Jiu left, Lin Shu really fell asleep.
When I woke up, I didn't know how long I had slept. I looked at the time and realized that I had only slept for an hour.
Lin Shu got up and washed up. He was quite bored at home alone. He had nothing to do and was greedy for some sour oranges.
I was about to ride my bike outside to see if there were any oranges. If not, I thought I would buy some from the system mall.
When I opened the door, I met Aunt Cui next door, "Good morning, Aunt Cui."
After hearing this, Aunt Cui looked at the sun in the sky in surprise, "It's still early. , now that the sun is shining on your buttocks, I would say that you young people are still living a comfortable life. You can eat meat when you want, sleep in when you want, and you are really free without a mother-in-law around you.”
Lin Shu's eyelids twitched uncontrollably a few times, and she twitched the corners of her mouth stiffly, "Aunt Cui, you are busy, I will go home and sleep for a while."
Forget it, when I met this powerful aunt next door, she It's better to avoid its sharp edges.
"Still sleeping? Mother, no wife is as lazy as you. She still sleeps after midnight. You must have been reincarnated. It would be okay if my family married a wife as lazy as you."
< br>Aunt Cui didn't know whether it was intentional or not, she exclaimed, almost alarming other aunties.
Lin Shu had a dark look on his face and said angrily: "Aunt Cui, your son doesn't seem to have a partner yet. If you want to show off your mother-in-law's reputation in front of your daughter-in-law, you should wait until your son marries her. .”
She is not her daughter-in-law, why should she be controlled by her!
Speaking of marrying a wife, Aunt Cui was not angry when she was criticized. She said proudly: "Don't talk nonsense, my son has a partner, and his partner is very beautiful, much prettier than you. He is also more diligent than you. When he comes to my house, he always rushes to help me with housework. It’s not like you have to work and don’t get up until midnight every day. How can the Gu family support you in the future?”
The corners of Lin Shu’s mouth twitched and she touched her face. Well, she's even prettier than her. Doesn't that mean she looks gorgeous?
The word is beautiful and fragrant. This word reminds Lin Shu of Liu Xiao'e's statement yesterday that Uncle Zeng's daughter is also beautiful and fragrant.
Could it be that the son Aunt Cui talks about is Uncle Zeng’s daughter?
Thinking of this, she asked: "What's the use of being prettier than me? My mother-in-law regards me as her own. The gift she gave me was three rounds and one ring plus a gift of two hundred. I was just about to ask Aunt Cui, are you going to give it to you?" How much is the gift for your son’s beautiful wife?”
When Aunt Cui heard the gift she reported, she felt regretful. It’s terrible. The Gu family has too much money to spend. It would cost hundreds to marry a girl from the countryside. Thousands, is it a good deal?
She snorted heavily: "Do you think everyone is the same as you? What did you say in ancient times? Oh, I remembered, it smells like copper. My son's partner doesn't care about the bride price, he only cares about the bride price. Just be in tune with my son.”
"Such a sensible and reasonable daughter-in-law has been found by your family. I don't believe it. What's the surname of your son's partner?"
"The surname is Zeng. The girl from the Zeng family is well-educated and sensible. She is diligent and filial. She is better than you. A hundred times stronger.”
Lin Shu didn't care about Aunt Cui's proud face, but was shocked that her guess might be right.
Could it be that Aunt Zeng was not optimistic about her husband's family and insisted on asking for a gift of two hundred yuan? As Aunt Cui is, it would be really difficult for her to be a daughter-in-law.
"What are you talking about?" Gu Jiu rushed to the door of his house on his bicycle and stopped. He smiled and greeted Aunt Cui: "Why is Aunt Cui free to chat here today?"
"How can I have that leisure time? I just passed by your house. Seeing that your wife has just gotten up, I gave her a few words." Aunt Cui waved her hand, "Okay, no more, I have to go back to do housework quickly."
Looking at Aunt Cui walking away, Gu Jiu was confused. He looked at Lin Shu, "What did she tell you?"
"What else can I say? I didn't get up until three o'clock in the morning. I have never seen such a lazy wife." Lin Shu rolled his eyes at him, turned around and entered the door. Now that he was back, he made excuses to go out to buy oranges and wasted again. .
Seeing that his wife was angry, Gu Jiu quickly followed him in with a smile, "It's none of my daughter-in-law's business that she sleeps in. She really cares less than she cares."
Lin Shu wasn't really angry. Seeing his playful face, he asked: "Why have you been there for so long? Is the store very busy?"
"It's about the same as usual." Gu Jiu parked the bicycle and put the vegetables hanging on it They all took it down, "The share from the old house has been sent to them. Mom also asked about you. I said you were very good to reassure her."
"Well, you did a good job. " Lin Shu saw him putting down the dishes and wanted to pick up the enamel jar on the table to drink water. He quickly poured a glass of warm water and handed it to him, "It's getting cold now. Don't drink cold water at home anymore. Remember to drink warm water. ”
Gu Jiu took a few sips, and the warm water flowed into his stomach. The cold wind blowing all the way while riding the bike warmed his body a lot, and he couldn't suppress the smile at the corner of his mouth.
"I heard from someone today that a canteen opened on Shengli Road in the north of the city. It opened for one day yesterday and the business was good."
Lin Shu couldn't help but look at him with wide eyes, "So Someone will follow the trend soon?”
She began to think that she had to wait a month or two, but she didn’t expect that someone would follow the trend and open a store in less than a month.
“Do they have as many products as we do in their store? How much is the price difference?”
There was a trace of sarcasm on Gu Jiu's lips: "There are definitely not as many goods as ours, and the prices are said to be about the same. I think the boss must have come to our store to conduct research before purchasing the goods and opening the store."
Lin Shu: "Since you want to follow the trend, you will definitely go to our store to find out the truth first."
"Aren't you angry? Aren't you in a hurry? Can the store steal our business?" Gu Jiu asked tentatively.
Lin Shu raised a smile and didn't care about this matter. "With the relaxation of the policy above, this kind of thing will only happen more often in the future. What's there to be angry about? Besides, his store is far away from us. It won’t have much impact on us. From now on, we can slowly increase the number of products in our store.”
“My wife is really broad-minded and generous.” Gu Jiu gave him a thumbs up.
"Oh, mom asked us today when we will go back to the village to run the wine shop? She meant to go back two days in advance to prepare, but the business in the store is good, and she is afraid that An Fan and the others will not be able to handle it."
They The day to go back to the village to hold a banquet is scheduled for October 12th. If we go back two days earlier, we will almost have to go back on the ninth day of the lunar month.
"Just do what mom wants. Let's go back two days early and get some more meat."
"Then I'll borrow a car. It will be convenient to go back and pick up the goods." ." Gu Jiu sat upright happily.
Lin Shu had no objection to this and asked, "Do you want Xu Ming's father to help again?"
Gu Jiu shook his head: "I won't ask him to borrow it this time."
Lin Shu asked hesitantly: "If you don't ask him to borrow it, who are you going to borrow it from?"
"Xie Hui! "Gu Jiu pinched her face in a funny way, "Although he is my older cousin, if I come to him for anything, he will still actively help me."
Two-in-one. chapter.
Good night, everyone~
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